Charming Shoppes Selects Globix for Complex Hosting

NEW YORK – September 26, 2001

NEW YORK – Sept. 26, 2001 – Globix Corporation (NASDAQ: GBIX) today announced that Charming Shoppes Interactive, Inc., a division of Charming Shoppes Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRS), one of America’s largest women’s specialty apparel retailers and a Fortune 1000 company, has selected Globix to provide hosting and network services as it adds e-commerce functionality to its retail operations. On Aug. 15, Catherine’s Plus Sizes was the second of Charming Shoppes’ six retail brands to go online, launching the first part of a three-phase plan that culminates with full e-commerce capabilities.The new Catherine’s Web site, www.catherines.com, is hosted in the Globix state-of-the-art Internet Data Center in New York City, where Globix is providing complex hosting, monitoring, reporting and security. Globix is also providing network services to Charming Interactive.

Of Charming Shoppes’ six retail brands offering women’s fashions and accessories, Catherine’s is the second to go online, joining Lane Bryant, which has been on-line since 1997. Phase One of www.catherines.com focuses on content and community, including fashion advice and information on store locations. Phase Two will add catalog-browsing capabilities. In the future, Charming Shoppes will introduce full e-commerce functionality to the Web sites. The remaining four Charming Shoppes brands, which include Fashion Bug®, The AnswerTM, Monsoon® and Accessorize®, will be brought online in the future with the support of Globix.

“We chose Globix because of its ability to provide us with a complete Internet solution that could be easily scaled as our needs expand. We were also attracted by the security and redundancy features built into the Globix Data Center and its service offerings,” said Joe Hardiman, Chief Technology Officer of Charming Shoppes Interactive. “By working with Globix, we can be proactive regarding the security concerns that are a crucial part of e-commerce and fulfill all of our Internet requirements under one roof.”

“Our proximity to the Globix state-of-art data center in downtown New York City and the company’s proven expertise in serving retailing and fashion industries also factored in to our decision to go with Globix,” Hardiman said.

“The Globix data centers and global backbone network are engineered together into an integrated services platform for enterprise solutions, ” said Peter Herzig, CEO of Globix. “Outsourcing to Globix will allow Charming Shoppes Interactive to focus on its core business, rather than concern itself with issues such as bandwidth availability and around-the-clock support. We are pleased to add Charming Shoppes to the growing list of retailers who have launched e-commerce strategies at Globix.”

Charming Shoppes, Inc.

About Globix

Globix is a leading provider of advanced Internet hosting, network and applications solutions for business. Globix delivers services via its secure state-of-the-art Internet DATA Centers, its high-performance global backbone and content delivery network, and its world-class technical professionals. Globix provides businesses with cutting-edge Internet resources and the ability to deploy, manage and scale mission-critical Internet operations for optimum performance and cost efficiency.

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the Company’s or management’s intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions for the future. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially FROM those projected in the forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include the ability to finance the operations and complete the planned expansion of our facilities and network; our reliance on the growth of the Internet and e-commerce; our success against competitors with significantly greater resources; and other risks listed under the heading of Risk Factors in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.